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Jonah stared blankly at Tristin, not breaking his stride as he continued forward. “I work here.”

Tristin's laugh was too high pitched and the way he slapped at Jonah’s shoulder was more than obvious, but the other alpha ignored him, walking towards the elevators in stony silence.

My attention drifted back to the one question I’d never considered asking. What if Eli had an omega? There were no signs of anyone else staying in the home, though. No shoes, no pictures, not even a second toothbrush in his bathroom.

What if the other omega didn’t live there?

“Oh no,” I groaned.

That would explain why he was so particular about his scent and why he didn’t want to knot me.

Instead of dwelling on it, I decided to tackle it head on.

Through a text.

Delaney:

Do you have another omega?

Hospital Alpha:

Like a collection of them?

Delaney:

This is not a laughing matter, Eli

Hospital Alpha:

Are you asking me if I’m seeing someone else?

Delaney:

Is water wet?

Three painfully long minutes went by before Eli responded.

Hospital Alpha:

I don’t feel comfortable discussing it via text. Can we meet up when you get off work?

I stared at my phone in disbelief, my heart seizing with pain as the truth came to light.

He had an omega.

Chapter Seven

I panicked, shoving my phone in Jason's face. “What am I going to do?”

Jason, my sous chef and one of my best friends, heaved a long sigh, rolling his green eyes before he craned his neck to look around my hand, continuing to finely chop onions for tonight’s main dish. “Tell him you don’t have an omega.”

“But why does he think I have an omega?”

In a monotone and rather bored voice, Jason asked. “Did you tell him you weren’t seeing anyone?”

“I told him… I didn’t feel comfortable talking about it via text.” Once I uttered those words, the entire kitchen came to a halt.

“You didn’t?!” Gasped one of the servers.